Emotions and Decision Making
Today we have a guest editorial from Grant Fritchey that looks at emotions and how they can affect our decision making.
2016-10-28
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Grant Fritchey
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SQL Cruise as a Speaker and Sponsor
SQL Cruise offers a number of unique opportunities for everyone involved, including speakers and sponsors. I’ve written before, severaltimes, about...
2016-10-28 (first published: 2016-10-18)
1,143 reads
SELECT * Does Not Hurt Performance
I read all the time how SELECT * hurts performance. I even see where people have said that you just have...
2016-10-25 (first published: 2016-10-17)
4,419 reads
A Sub-Query Does Not Hurt Performance
The things you read on the internet, for example, “don’t use a sub-query because that hurts performance.”
Truly?
Where do people get...
2016-10-24
1,525 reads
Statistics Are Vital For Query Performance
This is post #10 supporting Tim Ford’s (b|t) initiative on #iwanttohelp, #entrylevel. Read about it here.
When you send a query to your...
2016-10-19 (first published: 2016-10-10)
2,088 reads
Correlated Datetime Columns
SQL Server is a deep and complex product. There’s always more to learn. For example, I had never heard of...
2016-10-13 (first published: 2016-10-03)
1,807 reads
Pre-Summit PASS Board Update
Busy, busy, busy.
A lot of the work around PASS currently is getting ready for Summit. I’m prepping my part in the...
2016-10-11
443 reads
Bingle is my Senior DBA
When working with SQL Server, many people don't need the search engine to be their junior DBA, they need it to be their senior DBA.
2016-10-10
158 reads
Query Store and What Happened Earlier On Your Server
Here’s a great question I received: We had a problem at 9:02 AM this morning, but we’re not sure what...
2016-10-06 (first published: 2016-09-26)
1,874 reads
Where Do We Go To Share?
No one reads blogs any more.
Twitter is dying.
Facebook is broken.
LinkedIn? Please.
G+. Is that even on any more?
Where do we go...
2016-10-05
485 reads
Blogs
Match the Model to the Task, Not the App: An Orchestrator-Worker Pattern in Python
Most apps that call an LLM send every request to the same model. That...
Advice I Like: Responsibility
By Steve Jones
“The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not...
Power BI Performance in 2026: A Practical Guide to Faster Semantic Models and Reports
By James Serra
Originally published April 2022; substantially updated July 2026. This post is a complete replacement...
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